[Evolution-users] Unable to login to gmail on a fresh install

[Tim MCCONNELL]

Hi Pete,
Yes I'm in Evolution, I'm trying to add a Gmail account to Evolution for
the first use. I have no email accounts configured. This happens when I try
to add one via Evolution.
I ran the command you suggested and the only thing that happened was I got
an error: "ERROR: Caught a segmentation fault while loading plugin file:
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-1.0/libgstva.so"
But that's it.
I was going to try running it through Gnome Debugger but there was no
process number or anything like that. Plus I don't know that it'd be that
useful.

I realize Gnome Keyring handles storing the keys etc, but this was fixed by
installing seahorse the last time I had this problem.
Next idea?

PS if this is top posting I aplogize but gmail's web page doesn't let me
switch it.

Tim McConnell

tmcconnell168 at gmail.com


On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM Pete Biggs <pete at biggs.org.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 2025-09-09 at 20:49 +0000, Tim MCCONNELL via evolution-users
> wrote:
> > Hi folks I'm back, I have a fresh install of Evolution that when I
> > try to add my gmail accounts it goes to the "Google Account
> > Authorization" page and it never communicates with Google. The error
> > "O Auth2 secret not found" If I choose to open in a browser or
> > Firefox ESR it will give Evolution the access and goes to the normal
> > Google home screen.
>
> Can you just confirm that you are configuring the account from within
> Evolution.
>
> > My Version of Evolution:3.56.1-1 on Debian Trixie with desktop  Mate
> > 1.26.2.
> > I have installed Seahorse, I did that before I installed Evolution.
> > Ideas welcome.
> >
> It's not Seahorse that is necessary, it's gnome-keyring.  Seahorse is
> "just" a frontend gui and doesn't store any authentication information
> itself.
>
> But as with most issues with Evolution I suggest you run it from the
> terminal to see if there are any errors reported.  You can also run it
> with 'OAUTH2_DEBUG=1' to see the chatter from the OAUTH2 process.
>
> P.
>
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